Children

When a child dies, it affects a whole community. That's why every other month, people from hospitals, law enforcement and health departments review cases…

SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, has long been the sad epitaph to explain the unexplainable: the inexplicable death of otherwise healthy babies.…

A preliminary hearing was held Thursday in the case of Naika Venant, the 14-year-old girl who broadcast her suicide on Facebook Live from her Miami...

A new report by the advocacy group Environment Florida argues that water in Florida’s schools and day cares may contain dangerous levels of lead, but...

The quality of health care among Florida's children has improved since 2008, but the state still lags far behind much of the nation.

A new drug is giving hope to infants with an often fatal genetic disease similar to Lou Gehrig’s.

November is National Adoption Month, and this week the Children's Network of Southwest Florida is finishing its fourth and final mass-adoption event to…

According to a new report, more children than ever before have health insurance. Florida joins 40 other states that insured more children between 2013...

Grieving the loss of a parent at any age can be a difficult process and for those who lose a parent during childhood the loss can be particularly…

August is Child Safety Awareness Month, and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles along with several other state agencies are...